1-Life-PLANTS AND ANIMALS ALL AROUND

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Grade 1

Big Idea

Plants and Animals All Around
-Living and Nonliving Things
-All About Plants (needs, parts & functions, adaptations)
-From Seed to Plant
-All About Animals (needs, parts & functions, adaptations, habitats, sources of food)




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Critter Craze- Cute game for kids to do independently or with a partner about animals:
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/CritterCraze/animals003.htm

Shedd Aquarium- game for kids to do independently or with a partner about fish and surviving in their habitat
http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/interactive_module.asp?id=8

Different science activities and games for the children to play on the computer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml

A video for building plants in a paper towel
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/video/video_pop.html?clip=interstitials/105B&title=Paper%20Towel%20Plants&ar=16:9&bandwidth=_lo&filetype=mov

The Great Plant Escape- a lot of fun information about plants- kid friendly, has fun quizzes too
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts3a.html

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